Domino 500 depth

[Gene Davis]

I don't own a Domino yet but am getting ready, designing all the furniture I'll build with it.

The largest tenons available are the 10 x 24 x 50 and I wonder how deep the mortise can be made, if I want to go, say 27 mm deep in one member and only 23 mm in the other.  Can I push it to 28 mm deep?

I have a little "tenon crash" going on in my 3D models where aprons join legs, thus my need to know.  When doing this with traditional M&T I just bevel the inside edges of the tenons.  Hey, maybe I just grind off bevels on the dominos.  Say what?

 

[tbellemare]

The deep setting is 28. You should be able to stagger depth and get them to miss one another where aprons meet legs.

Tom

 

[JeromeM]

I don't own a Domino yet but am getting ready, designing all the furniture I'll build with it.

The largest tenons available are the 10 x 24 x 50 and I wonder how deep the mortise can be made, if I want to go, say 27 mm deep in one member and only 23 mm in the other.  Can I push it to 28 mm deep?

I have a little "tenon crash" going on in my 3D models where aprons join legs, thus my need to know.  When doing this with traditional M&T I just bevel the inside edges of the tenons.  Hey, maybe I just grind off bevels on the dominos.  Say what?

It can cut 28mm deep except with the 4mm cutter

http://www.garymkatz.com/ToolReviews/festool_domino.htm

https://www.festool.co.uk/Products/Pages/Product-Detail.aspx?pid=574327&name=domino-df-500-joining-machine-df-500-q-plus-gb-240v

 

[neeleman]

You can only choose the standard depth settings on the DF 500: 12-15-20-25-28 mm.
See the picture below.

Of course you can vary the depth on the two pieces which need to be joined; 15-25 for a 40 mm long Domino.

 

[tbellemare]

15-25 for a 40 mm long Domino

or 12-28

Tom

 

[Birdhunter]

It's always possible to grind off some of the Domino tenon. Another possibility is to use some double sided tape to add a shim to the face of the Domino to achieve a shallower mortise.

I gravitate to the easier solution of shortening the Domino tenon.

Good luck on the project and we all appreciate pictures.

 

[Pixel]

There are a few situations where the domino system is complicated, I have used in the past the Mafell duo-dowel tool which has a varied dowel size and adjustable depths which can overcome certain issues caused by domino's

 

[fdengel]

The supplemental manual describes how to create some shims of some sort that let you adjust the depth of the domino mortise to various other depths.

There are pre-made ones available from Woodpeckers for a price.